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Published on: October 13, 2008
Leucosiid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Taiwan, with three new records
Yi-Jia Shih1, Ping-Ho Ho2, Tin-Yam Chan3
1Department of Environment Biology and Fishery Science, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2 Pei-Ning Road, Keelung, Taiwan 202, R.O.C.; Email: unknown.
Abstract:
Four leucosiid species from Taiwan are presented. Ebalia nudipes Sakai, 1963, with its male first gonopod figured for the first time. Galilia petricola Komai & Tsuchida, 2014, is recorded on the basis of a larger specimen, and distinguishing features with its only congener, G. narusei Ng & Richer de Forges, 2007, reappraised. Nursia rhomboidalis (Miers, 1879), previously known only from Japan, Korea, and mainland China, is also recorded from Taiwan. Myra fugax (Fabricius, 1798) is now formally recorded from Taiwan, and female characters identified to help separate the three known Taiwanese species of Myra.

